The Salem district administration has accorded permission to the Central Prison to run a petrol bunk on the prison premises and construction is expected to start in a week. The initiative is part ...

The mother of two young kids, who was sentenced to 11-plus years and is locked up at Federal Prison Camp Bryan in Texas, told People magazine she wakes up just after 5 a.m., earns 31 cents an hour ...

A state prison was locked down after uprising inmates injured three guards and took control of three dorms — days after the state’s Department of Corrections head complained about staffing ...

Upward of 95% of incarcerated people will eventually leave prison, either on parole or because they’ve completed their sentence. And the older they are when released, the harder it can be to ...

Coimbatore: A life convict undergoing his term in the Coimbatore Central Prison made a video call to his advocate on Friday, stating his life was in danger and that four prison warders would ...

MADURAI: After a brief struggle, the land for constructing the new Madurai Central Prison complex has been finalised and its bhoomi puja was conducted recently. Once constructed, it will become ...

Another Nigerian inmate at the Kaliti prison, a maximum-security prison in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Basil Ilobi Lawrence, is dead. Lawrence, who hailed from Delta State, was one of about 300 inmates ...

President Donald Trump on Monday pardoned former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, a Democrat who served prison time for soliciting campaign funds and other favors in exchange for former President ...

A New York state prison was placed on lockdown after inmates attacked and injured three guards days after concerns of staffing shortages were reported. The New York State Department of Corrections ...

R. Kelly’s racketeering and sex trafficking convictions, along with a 30-year prison sentence, were upheld Wednesday by a federal appeals court that concluded the singer exploited his fame for ...

Elizabeth Holmes, who was convicted on federal fraud charges, says prison is "hell and torture." The embattled Theranos founder, who inspired a hit Hulu show "The Dropout" starring actress Amanda ...

She came for the high ceiling but stayed to peruse through glazed pottery work, sketches and murals done by the inmates of Puzhal Central Prison. “I did not know of this exhibit but the sketches ...